Accepted name in llifle Database:Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.Gard. & Forest 2 1830 Remarks: Combination made by indirect reference to the basionym. Merrill, Ind. Rafinesquianus (1948) 171 states that the name is a nomen nudum. Also published by Schlechter, Linnaea 8 Lit. Ber. (1833) 31.Synonymy: 18